Report pursuant to Section 289 and 315 of the German Commercial Code

Pursuant to Section 289 Paragraph 4 Nos. 1 to 9 and Section 315 Paragraph 4 Nos. 1 to 9 of the German Commercial Code, we hereby make the following declarations:

1. The capital stock of LANXESS AG amounted to €83,202,670 as of December 31, 2012 and is composed of 83,202,670 no-par bearer shares. All shares carry the same rights and obligations. One vote is granted per share, and profit is distributed per share. The rights and obligations arising from the shares are governed by the German Stock Corporation Act.

2. We are not aware of any restrictions affecting voting rights or the transfer of shares. However, shares allocated under employee stock plans are subject to a lock-up period before they may be sold.

3. Companies of the BlackRock Group notified us pursuant to Section 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act that they held 10.08% of the voting rights in our company as of October 31, 2012, thereby exceeding the threshold of 10%. We received no other reports of direct and indirect equity investments in the capital of LANXESS AG exceeding 10% of total voting rights.

4. No shares carry special rights granting control authority.

5. Employees hold a direct interest in the capital of LANXESS AG through employee stock programs. There are no restrictions on directly exercising the control rights arising from these shares.

6. Sections 84 and 85 of the German Stock Corporation Act and Section 31 of the German Codetermination Act apply to the appointment and dismissal of Board of Management members. Under the provisions of these sections, Board of Management members are appointed by the Supervisory Board for a term not exceeding five years. Such appointment may be renewed or the term of office may be extended, provided that the term of each such renewal or extension shall not exceed five years. Appointments require a majority of at least two-thirds of the Supervisory Board members’ votes. Section 6 Paragraph 1 of the articles of association states that the Board of Management must consist of at least two members. Over and above this, the number of members of the Board of Management is determined by the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board may appoint a chairman of the Board of Management and a vice chairman of the Board of Management. Alternative members of the Board of Management may be appointed. The Supervisory Board may revoke the appointment of a member of the Board of Management or the appointment of a member as Chairman of the Board of Management for cause (Section 84 Paragraph 3 of the German Stock Corporation Act).

Section 179 of the German Stock Corporation Act provides that a resolution of the Stockholders’ Meeting is required for any amendment to the articles of association. Pursuant to Section 17 Paragraph 2 of the articles of association, resolutions of the Stockholders’ Meeting require a simple majority of the votes cast and, if a capital majority is required, a simple majority of the capital stock, unless otherwise required by law or provided by the articles of association. The articles of association contain no further provisions in this regard. Section 10 Paragraph 9 of the articles of association of LANXESS AG authorizes the Supervisory Board to resolve on amendments relating solely to the form of the articles of association.

7. The Board of Management of LANXESS AG has been authorized to issue or repurchase shares as follows:

Own shares

The Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of LANXESS AG on May 18, 2011 authorized the Board of Management until May 17, 2016 to acquire shares in the company representing up to 10% of the capital stock and to utilize them for any purpose permitted by law. This authorization may also be utilized by subsidiaries of the company or by third parties on behalf of the company or its subsidiaries. At the discretion of the Board of Management, such shares may be acquired either in the market or via a public tender offer. The Board of Management is authorized to use them for any purpose permitted by law. In particular, it can retire the shares, sell them other than via the stock exchange or an offer to the stockholders, or transfer them against consideration in kind for the purpose of acquiring companies, parts of companies or equity interests in companies or in order to conclude mergers. It is also authorized to use them to satisfy conversion rights from convertible or warrant bonds and/or profit-participation rights or income bonds (or a combination of these instruments) issued by the company and to grant holders of convertible or warrant bonds and/or profit-participation rights or income bonds (or a combination of these instruments) issued by the company or its direct and indirect affiliates that grant a conversion or option right or stipulate a conversion or warrant obligation the number of shares for which such parties would be entitled to subscribe upon exercise of their conversion or option rights or fulfillment of the conversion or warrant obligation. The stockholders shall not have subscription rights in such cases, except where the shares are retired.

Conditional capital

The Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of LANXESS AG on May 18, 2011, authorized the Board of Management until May 17, 2016, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to issue – in one or more installments – warrant bonds and/or convertible bonds, profit-participation rights and/or income bonds or a combination of these instruments (collectively referred to as “bonds”) – either as registered or as bearer bonds – with a total nominal value of up to €2,000,000,000, with or without limited maturity, and to grant option rights to, or impose option obligations on, the holders or creditors of warrant bonds, profit-participation rights with warrants or income bonds with warrants, and/or to grant conversion rights to, or impose conversion obligations on, the holders or creditors of convertible bonds, convertible profit-participation rights or convertible income bonds in respect of bearer shares of the company representing a total pro-rata increase of up to €16,640,543 in the company’s capital stock on the terms to be defined for these bonds. Pursuant to Section 4 Paragraph 4 of the articles of association, the capital stock of LANXESS AG is thus conditionally increased by up to €16,640,534 (Conditional Capital).

The conditional capital increase shall only be implemented to the extent that the holders or creditors of, or persons obligated to exercise, option or conversion rights pertaining to bonds issued by the company or a dependent company against cash contributions, or issued against cash contributions and guaranteed by the company or a dependent company, on or before May 17, 2016 on the basis of the authorization granted to the Board of Management by the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on May 18, 2011, exercise their option or conversion rights or, where they are obligated to do so, fulfill such obligation, or to the extent that the company elects to grant shares in the company in place of all or part of the cash amount due for payment. The conditional capital increase shall not be implemented if cash compensation is granted or if the company’s own shares, shares issued out of authorized capital or shares in another listed company are used to service the option or conversion rights.

When issuing bonds, the Board of Management is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to exclude subscription rights in the following cases:

for residual amounts resulting from the subscription ratio;

insofar as is necessary to grant to holders of previously issued option or conversion rights or obligations subscription rights to the number of new shares to which they would be entitled to subscribe as stockholders upon exercise of their option or conversion rights or fulfillment of their option or conversion obligations;

in the case of issuance against cash contributions, if the issue price is not significantly below the theoretical market value of the bonds with option or conversion rights or conversion obligations, as determined using accepted pricing models; if bonds are issued by application of Section 186 Paragraph 3 Sentence 4 of the German Stock Corporation Act, in which case the issued shares may not exceed a total of 10% of the capital stock either at the time this authorization takes effect or at the time it is utilized;

if profit-participation rights or income bonds without option or conversion rights or conversion obligations are vested with bond-like characteristics.

Authorized Capital I and II

Pursuant to Section 4 Paragraph 2 of LANXESS AG’s articles of association, the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on May 7, 2009 authorized the Board of Management until May 6, 2014, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to increase the capital stock on one or more occasions by issuing new no-par shares against cash or contributions in kind up to a total amount of €16,640,534 (Authorized Capital I). Stockholders are generally entitled to subscription rights when Authorized Capital is utilized. With the approval of the Supervisory Board, subscription rights can be excluded for residual amounts and in order to grant holders of warrants or convertible bonds issued by the company and its affiliates subscription rights to the number of new shares for which such parties would be entitled to subscribe upon exercise of their conversion or option rights. Moreover, subscription rights can be excluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board when the company’s capital stock is increased against contributions in kind, particularly for the acquisition of companies. Subscription rights can also be excluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board in order to grant holders of convertible and/or warrant bonds issued by the company or its affiliates new shares upon exercise of their rights. Finally, subscription rights can also be excluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board if the issue price of the new shares is not significantly lower than the stock market price at the time the issue price is fixed and the issued shares do not exceed 10% of the company’s capital stock. Further details are given in Section 4 Paragraph 2 of the articles of association.

In addition, pursuant to Section 4 Paragraph 3 of LANXESS AG’s articles of association, the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on May 28, 2010 authorized the Board of Management until May 27, 2015, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to increase the company’s capital stock on one or more occasions by issuing new no-par shares against cash or contributions in kind up to a total amount of €16,640,534 (Authorized Capital II). Stockholders are generally entitled to subscription rights when Authorized Capital is utilized. With the approval of the Supervisory Board, subscription rights can be excluded for residual amounts and in order to grant holders of warrants or convertible bonds issued by the company and its affiliates subscription rights to the number of new shares for which such parties would be entitled to subscribe upon exercise of their conversion or option rights. Moreover, subscription rights can be excluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board when the company’s capital stock is increased against contributions in kind, particularly for the acquisition of companies. Subscription rights can also be excluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board in order to grant holders of convertible and/or warrant bonds issued by the company or its affiliates new shares upon exercise of their rights. Finally, subscription rights can also be excluded with the approval of the Supervisory Board if the issue price of the new shares is not significantly lower than the stock market price at the time the issue price is fixed and the issued shares do not exceed 10% of the company’s capital stock. Further details are given in Section 4 Paragraph 3 of the articles of association.

8. The service contracts between the company and the members of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG contain provisions regarding the potential departure of the members of the Board of Management in the context of a change of control. These are outlined in the compensation report in this combined management report. Such agreements, albeit with different terms, also exist between the company and members of the first and second levels of upper management. In addition, the terms of the €500 million and €200 million Eurobonds issued by LANXESS Finance B.V. in 2009 contain a change-of-control clause which gives bondholders the right to redeem the bond should certain events occur that affect its rating. The bonds were guaranteed by LANXESS AG. The same applies to the terms of the €500 million Eurobond issued by LANXESS Finance B.V. in the 2011 fiscal year, the CNH 500 million bond issued by LANXESS Finance B.V. in February 2012 and the €500 million Eurobond issued by LANXESS Finance B.V. in November 2012, which are all guaranteed by LANXESS AG. The company has signed an agreement with one major bank for a loan of €93 million. This agreement may be terminated without notice or repayment of the outstanding loan may be required if another company or person gains control of more than 50% of LANXESS AG. The same applies to two additional loan agreements for €200 million and €120 million that LANXESS Finance B.V. signed with investment banks in fiscal 2011. The company also entered into an agreement with a syndicate of banks concerning a credit facility that is currently at €1,250 million. This agreement can also be terminated without notice if another company or person takes control over more than 50% of LANXESS AG. Furthermore, according to agreements between the company and LANXESS Pension Trust e.V., the company is obligated to make considerable payments to LANXESS Pension Trust e.V. in the event of a change of control.

9. The service contracts between the company and the members of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG as well as between the company and members of the first and second levels of upper management of LANXESS AG contain compensation agreements applicable in the event of a change of control, as such change is more particularly described in the respective contracts.